Re: Adaptec SCSI controller

2000-05-23 Thread Ron Rademaker
In the kernel is a driver for the aha 152x, so it should work. In other words you stand a chance and it is possible! Ron Rademaker On Tue, 23 May 2000, Mark Carroll wrote: > I just picked up a cheap Adaptec AHA-1520B ISA SCSI controller. Do I stand > a chance of getting it working with my syste

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-15 Thread Robert Claeson
Nathan E Norman wrote: > IMO, Quantum SCSI drives suck. I tolerate Adaptec and I really like IBM > Ultrastar drives. I second that. I have an Adaptec 3940UW board (essentially two 2940UW cards in one) and two IBM Ultrastar 9ES 9.1 GB drives in the server. They're excellent performers.

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-15 Thread SEGV
Evan Van Dyke wrote: > > The 2.0.xx kernels won't support the 2940U2W by default, but if you > patch in the newer version of the aic7xxx drivers then it will. > I have a SCSI controller based on the AIC7890 chip(same as the 2940U2W) > and it works fine. Alternatevly, if you install the latest 2.1

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-14 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MBT" == Michael B Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MBT> Support for the AHA-2940U2W is pretty new for Linux. It is not MBT> in the stock hamm kernels. If you want to use it now, you will MBT> need to know how to compile a custom kernel. IIRC, the latest kernel-source in slink (or was it

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-14 Thread Michael B. Taylor
I think a typical 7200 rpm drive is mechanically capable of about 7MB/s, so I doubt if you will see any performance advantage for U2W unless you will be hanging several drives on the controller. Support for the AHA-2940U2W is pretty new for Linux. It is not in the stock hamm kernels. If you want

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-14 Thread Evan Van Dyke
SEGV wrote: > > I'm currently deciding which Adaptec SCSI controller to get: > > AHA-2940UW (Ultra Wide, 40MB/s) > AHA-2940U2W (Ultra 2 80MB/s) > > Will Debian Linux 2.0 take full advantage of the U2W? Will I get the full > transfer rate (ie, as fast as 98/NT would allow)? The 2.0.xx kerne

Re: Adaptec SCSI Controller?

1998-11-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, SEGV wrote: : I'm currently deciding which Adaptec SCSI controller to get: : : AHA-2940UW (Ultra Wide, 40MB/s) : AHA-2940U2W (Ultra 2 80MB/s) : : Will Debian Linux 2.0 take full advantage of the U2W? Will I get the full : transfer rate (ie, as fast as 98/NT would